This retelling of the Christmas classic by Clement C. Moore blends Santa Claus with the traditional Pennsylvania Dutch figure of the Belsnickel, a thin, cantankerous old man who visits children before Christmas and rewards, or punishes, them based on their behavior.

The fun begins Christmas Eve when the Belsnickel arrives on an old-fashioned plow pulled by cows and steers. Havoc and humor erupt when the Yuletide load proves a little too heavy for the farmer's roof! The distinctive Pennsylvania Dutch dialect and the hilarious antics of the crotchety old Belsnickel will make this new addition to Pelican's regional Night Before Christmas series a holiday favorite your family will enjoy reading aloud again and again.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chet Williamson is an award-winning writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Over eighty of his short stories have appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, Esquire, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and many other magazines and anthologies. He has been a final nominee for the World Fantasy Award, the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award, and the Horror Writers Stoker Award. Williamson, who is also a trained actor, lives in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. This is his first children's book.

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PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS AUDIO 
Narrated By Chet Williamson
ISBN: 1-56554-839-6

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
By Chet Williamson
Illustrated by James Rice
32 pp. 8½ x 11
31 color illustrations
ISBN: 1-56554-721-7
EAN: 978-1-56554-721-6